PANAJI: The lack of traffic discipline, lacunae in enforcement and parking problems in the capital were brought into focus this Christmas and New Year as traffic chaos reigned supreme.
BY sHAIKH jAMALUDDIN | NT
PANAJI: Golden gangs, Rs 10 gangs, laptop gangs, HBT gangs, car gangs, motorcycle gangs, mobile gangs, computer gangs — the list of gangs in the criminal world is quite long.
Speaking to this daily, a police official said that motive of all these gangs is to rob, survive and thrive — they have perfected the tricks of their trade.
By RAMESH SAVAIKAR | NT BICHOLIM: Area development programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) like the Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP), Drought Prone Area Programme (DDP) and Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP) have been following the watershed development approach since 1995-96 with the first watershed development guidelines coming into force.
PANAJI: The constituencies in North Goa had favoured the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the 2007 assembly election, giving the party 8 out of its 14 MLAs. The BJP had polled in North Goa 35.96 per cent votes as compared to Congress polling 28.02 votes.
PANAJI: The Congress party leadership would have to use all skills to deal with and satisfy the aspirants of tickets with regard to the upcoming general elections to the state legislative assembly.
PANAJI: Mr Venkatesh Prabhu Moni, a businessman, is one of the aspirants for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ticket from Porvorim or an alliance ticket in case there is an alliance.
PANAJI: The newly formed constituency of Porvorim, once a barren hill top, but now teeming with buildings and development, has another contender, another businessman, Mr Rohan Ashok Khaunte.
PANAJI: The sarpanch of Penha de Franca, Mr Rajesh Volvoikar, who is aspiring to contest from Porvorim, said that first and the foremost thing he wants to do is to construct a sub-way and relieve the Porvorim residents of the tension they face while crossing the NH-17, as the traffic on the road has grown manifold.
PANAJI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator from Benaulim and former tourism minister, Mr Francisco Xavier Pacheco, on Friday, quit his seat in the state assembly ahead of his imminent entry into the Goa Vikas Party, which is headed by his wife, Ms Viola Pacheco.
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